What Ian Thorpe did in 2000s changed the swimming coaches’ style of training, competing and technique forever. Before him, most swimmers focused on taking as many strokes as possible.
After the Thorpe era, we trained and swam very differently.
00:00 – Everyone was swimming badly
00:14 – The first record
00:51 – New record
01:08 – Sydney 2000
02:53 – Race of the century
04:27 – Swimming tip
Ian Thorpe wins Men’s 400m freestyle final | Sydney 2000
Phelps vs Thorpe vs van den Hoogenband – Men’s Freestyle 200m at Athens 2004 |
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I didn't mention Thorpe's swimsuit because I made a whole video about it! https://youtu.be/4n1s47GWhmI
This is how we swam back in hr fifties and sixties.Breaststroke should lie prone and just lift the head and pull UNDER the body, not a wide sweep.
Well made video
Ian Thorpe has the biggest feet in swimming bruh
Ian Thorpe hacía una flecha distinta a lo que hoy vemos, al entrar al agua y en cada vuelta. Interesante!
For Christ sake, stop talking about records and explain the technique!
Worth noting his big feet took longer to do 3 cycles of kicking. It maybe isn’t faster for everyone to do this?
this swimmer looks like Zlatan Ibrahimovic
the Great Thorpe
it takes a lifetime to change the world in 4 minutes.
windmill vs superglide, glide wins
torpedo vs two beats , two beats win
Did they ban those swimsuits? If not, why aren't people using them in the Olympics this year??
Two comments :
– Thorpe's kicking engine must be far more powerful than competitors, which can explain the gliding
– Can you guide me to an analysis of SUN Yang which has very arm-rotation compared to others on the 1500 m ?
I thought they were rappers especially that introduction rather than swimmers
Dude, you REALLY need to put in more work into the video editing. What are the technique differences you talked about? No idea beside the stroke frequency.
Still…. There is no one like Yelena Isinbaeva! Watch some video about her. Women has broke the world record 27 or 28 times. Man… she is something special. I think that no one ever will beat hear. She is QUEEN of sports!
Ian Thorpe looks like a young Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Go look up how Zlatan looked when he was in his 20s
Michael Phelps…yes he did!!!! The GOAT!!!
Such an informative and well put together video. Thank you!
Actually i did that too. So does it means i can swim as fast too? Haha.
He looks a bit like Ibrahimovic
when I was a agonistic swimmer in the 80's ( 🙂 ) this idea to slip more efficiently in the water while trying to reduce the frequency of the strokes and save energy was already known in all the four styles (I was breaststroke swimmer), as it is in some way automatic as soon as the swimmer becomes stronger and faster. The problem is the need to have an excellent hydrodynamic to slip (the trim swim and the suite) and very strong legs to maintain the thrust during the no-traction phase of the stroke… and this makes the difference between Thorpe and the others.
Leg's muscles are very strong but also consume a lot of energy because the movement (the kick) is not so natural and a swimmer may easily "collapse" if he abuses of them. In addition to keep the body balanced in the water arms and legs must move synchronously. This means that if frequency is decreased legs oscillation (the kick) is slower and also the thrust is less…. going slower.
last but not least if the swimmer is not in front the waves created by the others disturb more the trim swim and increasing effort to correct it and resistance in the water (ref. laminar flow vs turbulent flow)
This to say that this technique is not for all.